To commemorate Juneteenth, a day which should be celebrated as a holiday on a national level, I’ve comprised 19 quotes which have spoken to me as I’ve tried to better educate myself to the struggle of POC, and in hopes that as I raise James and we all raise our children, we teach them to love more and be a better #humanKind. The time is always right to do what is right - MLK Jr. My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together - Desmond Tutu Without a struggle, there can be no progress - Frederick Douglass Freedom is never given, it is always won - A. Philip Randolph Make a difference about something other than yourself - Toni Morrison History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again - Maya Angelou The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them - Ida B Wells. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere - MLK Jr Racism is mans gravest threat to man, the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason - Abraham Joshua Heschel When we talk about diversity, it’s not about a box to check, it is a reality that should be deeply felt and had and valued by all of us - Ava DuVernay Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground - Frederick Douglass For to be free is not merely to cast off ones chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others - Nelson Mandela You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it - Malcolm X The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression - W.E.B. DuBois Truth is powerful, and it prevails - Sojourner Truth If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it - Toni Morrison Where there is no vision, there is no hope - George Washington Carver Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better - Maya Angelou It is easier to build strong children than repair broken men - Frederick Douglass #grateful #humanKind #onespecies #morealikethandifferent #onelove #allyouneedislove https://www.instagram.com/p/CBorAVTAivt/?igshid=1j6secwpvmud0
